Chris Landsea
Chris Landsea
Christopher W. Landseais an American meteorologist, formerly a research meteorologist with Hurricane Research Division of Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory at NOAA, and now the Science and Operations Officer at the National Hurricane Center. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society...
anticipate sure
It's not something we predicted, and I'm not sure it's something we can anticipate way in advance.
ships
Back then forecasters didn't have satellites or even land-based radar. All they had were ships at sea.
holes
I know how many holes there are in the data. I put it together.
florida gets hit last seen
In general, Florida gets hit a lot. But what we've seen the last two years should not continue.
half hit hitting hurricane major seasons time
Most seasons we are going to get a hurricane hit the U.S. and probably more than half the time we will have a major hurricane hitting the U.S. as well.
deepening quick
That was kind of my first impression: Wow, this one is deepening as quick as Andrew, ... It's larger.
explain forecast storms
We can explain it after the fact, but we can't forecast that very well, where the storms are going to form.